Horror crash led Trevor to job in brain ‘rehab’

TREVOR McKay was just 21 when, on his way to begin some leave while in the Royal Navy, he was involved in a massive motorbike crash on the south coast.

- SAM VOLPE

Trevor, from Bedlington in Northumberland, suffered a long list of serious injuries - and says he was lucky to survive thanks to colleagues who were following him and then flagged down emergency services.

He was airlifted to hospital and underwent extensive surgery. However, a long road to recovery beckoned for a lad Trevor now describes as "still just a big kid really". His injuries included a bleed on the brain which led to a stroke, four broken ribs, a broken eye socket and a tear in his spinal cord.

But, thanks to extensive rehabilitation Trevor has recovered - and after a return to the Navy became difficult due to his injuries, he found himself in a job working at Walkergate Park Hospital in Newcastle supporting others who are going through very similar trauma to that he experienced.